Observer States

Maud de Boer-Buquicchio: ''make sport a source of unity and mutual respect''[14/10/2004]

Opening the Conference of European Ministers responsible for Sport in Budapest on 14 October, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio declared: ''We must prove it is possible to practise sport fairly, to do without doping and corruption, prove that what we want is 'clean' sport for all. Properly managed, sport can contribute a great deal to the democratic development of European society.''